| 单词 | perplexed |
| 释义 | perplexed (once / 341 pages) adj Use the adjective perplexed to describe someone who is utterly baffled or confused. If you've ever studied for the wrong test and been surprised and confused by the exam in front of you, you've been perplexed. There's a particular bewildered kind of facial expression that goes along with the word perplexed. It's the kind of emotion that's hard to disguise. The Latin root perplexus means "confused or entangled," and "entangled" is a great way to imagine the tangled thoughts and confusion of someone who's perplexed. WORD FAMILYperplexed: perplexedly, perplexity, unperplexed+/perplex: perplexed, perplexes, perplexing/perplexing: perplexingly/perplexity: perplexities USAGE EXAMPLESCrystal’s uncle, a professional Santa, was at home with the sniffles, but the group still caroled before perplexed motorists. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) Carrie, the show’s heroine, is perplexed, and asks her old mentor Saul: “What’s wrong with these new Germans?” The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) We remain perplexed by the NRA’s concerns for the following reasons: Seattle Times(Dec 18, 2016) adj full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment perplexed language perplexed state of the world Syn|Ant confused mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently at a loss, nonplused, nonplussed, puzzledfilled with bewilderment at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-upperplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment metagrabolised, metagrabolized, metagrobolised, metagrobolized, mystifiedtotally perplexed and mixed up questioning, quizzicalperplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) stuckbaffled unperplexed experiencing no difficulty or confusion or bewilderment unbaffled, unconfusednot perplexed by conflicting situations or statements |
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